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15,000 BCE
Cave paintings at Lascaux
The paints of the Lascaux caves were painted by the primitive comunities and represent primarily large animals and contemporary fauna -
3500 BCE
Sumerians settle in Mesopotamia
The Sumerians were the first civilization settled in Mesopotamia -
3200 BCE
Menes, first pharaoh, unites Egypt
Egypt was united by the first pharaoh, Menes, in 3200 -
3100 BCE
Early Sumerian pictographic scripts on clay tablets
The first proof of writing was made by the sumerians on clay tablets. -
3100 BCE
King Zet´s ivory tablet, earliest Egyptian pictographic writing
The first Egyptian pictographic writing was writed by the King Zet in a ivory tablet -
2750 BCE
Formal land-sale contracts written in cuneiform
The first formal contracts of land-sale were written in cuneiform, the writing invented by the Sumerians -
2600 BCE
First´s papyrus manuscripts
The most important papyrus manuscript is the "Papyrus 46" and it was written by the Greeks around 175–225 -
2500 BCE
Wedge-shaped cuneiform
Around the 2500 BCE, the wedge-shaped was used by the Sumerians to write in cuneiform -
1800 BCE
Legendary Ts-ang Chieh invents writing in Asia
The writing in Asia was invented by Ts-ang Chie around the 1800 BCE in China -
1420 BCE
Papyrus of Ani
The papyrus of Ani, more commonly known as the "Book of the Dead" and was found by Sir E. A. Wallis Budgein in the Tomb of Ani. -
105
Ts´ai Lun invents paper
The paper was invented by Ts´ai Lun and this replace the papyrus in the civilizations -
528
Arabics invent the alphabet
The alphabet was invented by the Arabics in Syria in 528, this has had changes until become the one we know
